EXTRACTS 

FROM 

GENERAL  ORDERS  AND  BULLETINS 

WAR  DEPARTMENT 
MAY,  1918 


WITH  LIST  OF  PARAGRAPHS  OF  ARMY  REGULATIONS  AND 

OTHER  REGULATIONS  AND  MANUALS  OF  THE  WAR 

DEPARTMENT  THAT  HAVE  BEEN  CHANGED 

SINCE  JANUARY  1.  1918 


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,  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  May  31,  1918. 
The  following  extracts  from  general  orders  and  bulletins,  War  Department, 
for  the  month  of  May,  1918,  together  with  a  list  of  paragraphs  of  Army  Regu- 
lations and  other  regulations  and  manuals  of  the  War  Department  that  have 
been  changed  since  January  1,  1918,  are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  informa- 
tion and  guidance  of  all  concerned. 

[300.1,  A.  G.  O.] 

By   OKDER   OF   THE    SeCKETABY   OF   Wab: 

PEYTON  O.  MARCH, 

General,  Chief  of  Staff, 
Official  : 

H.  P.  McCain, 

The  Adjutant  General. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Page. 

Section     I.  Extracts  from  general  orders  for  the  month  of  May,  1918 5 

Section    II.  Extracts  from  bulletins  for  the  month  of  May,  1918 18 

Section  III,  Contents  of  general  orders  and  bulletins  that  are  not  reprinted  in 

Sections  I  and  II 23 

Section  IV.  List  of  paragraphs  of  Army  Regulations  and  other  regulations  and 
manuals  of  the  War  Department  that  have  been  changed  since  January  1, 

1918 25 

Index  to  Sections  I,  II,  and  III 29 

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EXTRACTS  FROM  GENERAL  ORDERS  AND  BULLETINS, 
WAR  DEPARTMENT. 


MAY,  1918. 


Section  I. 
EXTRACTS  FjROM  GENERAL  ORDERS. 

HAT,  1918. 

GENiaiAi.  QEDEas,  No.  43,  May  1,  1918. 

Arms  and  cartridge  belts  for  assistants  of  aatomatic  riflemen. 

II.  The  first  and  second  assistants  of  the  automatic  rifleman  will  each  be 
armed  with  a  magazine  rifle  as  laid  down  in  table  7,  Series  A,  Tables  of  Or- 
ganization, January  14,  1918,  and  to  each  of  these  assistants  will  be  issued  the 
same  design  cartridge  belt ;  that  is,  one  without  butt  rest  and  containing  four 
pockets  for  eight  automatic  rifle  magazines  and  four  pockets  for  eight  rifle 
clips.     (320.2,  A.  O.  O.) 

Clothing  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  foreign  armies. 

III.  The  sale  of  clothing  to  officers  of  foreign  armies  and  its  issu€  to  enlisted 
men  of  the  French  Army  on  duty  with  or  attached  to  the  military  forces  of  the 
United  States  is  authorized.  Such  sales  and  issues,  however,  will  be  subject  to 
the  same  restrictions  and  limitations  as  are  imposed  upon  sales  of  clothing  to 
ofiicers  and  upon  issues  to  enlisted  men  who  are  in  the  military  service  of  the 
United  States.  Vouchers  covering  issues  of  clothing  to  enlisted  men  of  the 
French  Amy  will  be  forwarded  by  the  accountable  officer  to  the  Quartermaster 
General  of  the  Army  for  transmission  to  the  French  embassy.     (336.4,  A.  G.  O.^ 

Gknebal  Obdees,  No.  45,  May  9,  1918. 

Organization,  functions,  etc,  of  Development  Battalions. 

1.  1.  Under  the  authority  conferred  by  sections  1,  2,  8,  and  9  of  the  act  of 
CJongress,  "Authorizing  the  President  to  increase  temporarily  the  Military  Es- 
tablishment of  the  United  States,"  approved  May  18,  1917,  the  President  directs 
that  there  be  organized  for  the  period  of  the  existing  emergency  at  each  Na- 
tional Army,  National  Guard,  and  Regular  Army  Divisional  Camp,  and  in  such 
other  camps  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  one  or  more  Develop- 
ment Battalions.  These  battalions  will  be  organized  under  Table  401,  Train- 
ing Battalion,  Infantry,  Series  D,  corrected  to  March  22,  1918.  The  officers 
authorized  herein  will  be  provided  as  prescribed  in  the  third  paragraph  of  sec- 
tion 1  and  by  section  9  of  the  act  of  May  18,  1917. 

2.  The  functions  of  the  Development  Battalions  will  be: 

a.  To  relieve  divisions,  replacement  organizations,  etc.,  of  all  unfit  men. 

h.  To  conduct  intensire  training  with  a  view  to  developing  unfit  men  for 
duty  with  combatant  or  aoncombatant  forces  either  within  the  United  Stattea 
or  for  service  abroad. 

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6  .^X3:jl\^t^:FRttft^   QENEKjkJ.  OBDERS  AND  BULLETINS. 

c.  To  promptly  rid  the  service  of  all  men  who.  after  thorough  trial  aud  ex- 
amination, are  found  physically,  mentally,  or  morally  incapable  of  performing 
the  duties  of  a  soldier. 

3.  Development  Battalions  will  be  under  the  general  supervision  of  the  camp 
commander.  These  battalions  will  be  an  adjunct  of  the  depot  brigades  in  places 
where  such  depots  are  regularly  established. 

4.  The  following  procedure  in  connection  with  the  transfer  of  men  to  De- 
velopment Battalions  will  be  observed  in  camps  where  the  establishment  of 
such  battalions  is  authorized : 

a.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  inapt  or  does  not  possess  the  required  degree 
of  adaptability  for  military  service;  or  gives  evidence  of  habits  or  traits  of 
character,  other  than  those  for  which  trial  by  court-martial  should  be  employed, 
that  render  his  service  in  the  organization  undesirable;  or  is  disqualified  for 
service  physically  through  his  own  misconduct  or  otherwise  and  not  subject 
to  immediate  discharge  on  surgeon's  certificate,  or  is  an  alien  enemy  or  allied 
alien  enemy,  or  is  an  alien  who  is  not  a  declarant  and  has  been  drafted  through 
his  ignorance  of  his  rights  under  the  Selective  Service  Law,  or  for  any  other 
reason  is  not  fitted  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  soldier  at  home  or  abroad,  his 
company  or  detachment  commander  will  report  the  facts  to  the  commanding 
officer,  who  will  appoint  a  board  consisting  of  one  officer,  preferably  the  sum- 
mary court.  The  board  will  determine  whether  or  not  the  soldier  should  be 
transferred  to  the  Development  Battalion.  When  transfer  to  the  Development 
Battalion  on  account  of  physical  disability  is  contemplated,  a  medical  officer 
will  be  consulted  before  transfer  is  recommended.  The  commanding  officer,  in 
case  of  approval,  will  forward  the  proceedings  through  military  channels  to 
the  camp  commander,  requesting  that  the  transfer  to  the  Development  Bat- 
talion be  made. 

b.  The  camp  commander  will  issue  the  necessary  orders  for  transfer. 

c.  For  the  purposes  of  this  order,  such  independent  commands  as  are  adja- 
cent to  and  intimately  connected  with  divisional  camps  or  cantonments  will  be 
considered  a  part  of  such  camps  or  cantonments. 

5.  As  a  rule  transfers  to  the  Development  Battalions  will  be  made  within 
one  month  after  men  are  received  in  the  organizations. 

In  places  where  depot  brigades  are  regularly  established,  men  who  belong 
to  the  classes  enumerated  in  paragraph  4  a,  above,  will  be  transferred  directly 
into  the  Development  Battalion. 

6.  Within  the  Development  Battalions  the  men  will  be  grouped  in  classes, 
depending  upon  their  aptitude  ^nd  degree  of  training.  Men  who,  after  a  thor- 
ough trial  and  examination,  show  that  they  can  not  be  trained  or  can  not  be 
utilized  in  some  capacity,  will  be  discharged. 

The  discharge  to  be  given  soldiers  under  the  provisions  of  this  order  will, 
as  a  rule,  be  that  prescribed  by  section  3  of  paragraph  150,  Army  Regulations. 

7.  Men  from  the  Development  Battalions  will  be  discharged  by  the  camp 
(or  depot  brigade)  commander  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  commander  of 
the  Development  Battalion. 

Camp  and  depot  brigade  commanders  are  hereby  authorized  to  issue  dis- 
charges from  Development  Battalions  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

S.  In  posts,  camps,  or  stations  where  the  number  of  men  is  not  sufficient  to 
warrant  the  establishment  of  a  Development  Battalion,  the  classes  of  men  enu- 
merated in  paragraph  4  a  will  be  transferred  to  the  nearest  Development  Bat- 
talion. 

The  proceedings  of  the  board  recommending  transfer  will  be  sent  for  approval 
to  department  headquarters  when  troops  are  under  the  jurisdiction  of  sucli 
commanders,  or  In  cases  arising  at  general  hospitals,  arsenals,  etc.,  that  are 


EXTRACTS   FROM    GENERAL   ORDERS.  7 

within  the  territorial  limits  of  the  department  but  are  ordinarily  exempted 
from  the  control  of  tlie  department  commander.  In  this  case  department  com- 
manders will  issue  the  necessary  orders  for  transfer  after  first  ascertaining 
from  the  commanding  officer  under  whose  jurisdiction  the  nearest  Development 
Battalion  is  placed  that  accommodations  are  available.  Should  such  accommo- 
dations not  be  available,  report  will  be  made  to  the  War  Department  for  instruc- 
tions. 

9.  These  instructions  are  intended  to  cover  all  cases  arising  within  the 
•continental  limits  of  the  United  States.  This  applies  to  men  returned  from 
ji broad  and  to  all  branches  of  the  service. 

10.  Transfers  to  Development  Battalions  will  bo  made  within  the  grades  held 
by  enlisted  men  unless  transferred  for  disability  which  is  the  result  of  their 
own  misconduct :  such  men  should  be  reduced  to  privates  before  transfer. 

When  the  number  of  noncommissioned  officers,  cooks,  etc.,  sent  to  a  Develop- 
ment Battalion  exceeds  the  number  provided  for  in  Table  401,  Training  Bat- 
talion, Infantry,  such  men  will  be  carried  on  the  rolls  of  the  battalion  as  extra 
numbers.  Men  holding  grades,  such  as  saddter,  horseshoer,  etc.,  not  provided 
for  in  Table  401,  will  also  be  cai'ried  tis  extra  numliers  on  the  rolls  of  the 
battalion  to  which  they  are  assigned. 

11.  Cases  of  men  whose  disposition  is  not  covered  by  these  Uistcuctions  will 
be  referred  to  the  War  Department  for  necessary  action. 

12.  Enlisted  men  will  not  be  transferred  from  Development  Battalions  except 
by  War  Department  orders. 

13.  The  commanding  general,  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  will  issue  such 
instructions  as  he  may  deem  necessary  relative  to  the  disposition  within  his 
command  of  men  in  the  classes  enumerated  in  pargraph  4  a,  above. 

14.  One  month  after  receipt  of  these  instructions  commanders  of  Develop- 
ment Battalions  will  make  recommendations  with  a  view  to  increasing  the 
efficiency  of  this  project.  Higher  commanders  in  forwarding  tliese  recomraendar 
tions  will  add  such  comment  as  they  see  fit.  -  :  h? 

15.  On  the  last  of  each  mouth  camp  or  depot  brigade  commanders  will  repoi't: 
to  The  Adjutant  General  the  number  and  grade  of  men  fitted  for  duty  within 
their  respective  Development  Battalions.  The  report  will  also  state  the  class 
of  duty  foi-  which  men  are  fitted,  and  whether  or  not  they  are  suitable  for  duty 
abroad. 

16.  Officers  who  are  placed  on  duty  with  Development  Battalions  should  bear 
in  mind  the  importance  of  this  work.  Success  in  conserving  the  man  power  of 
the  Natien  can  bo  attained  only  through  untiring  effort  and  an  exercise  of  good 
judgment  on  the  part  of  the  officers  concerned.      (322.051,  A.  G.  O.) 

Transfer  of  soldiers  without  sufficient  knowledge  of  the  English  lajiguage  to 

Development  Battalions. 
II.  Soldiers  wha  have  not  sufficient  knowledge  of  the  English  language  to 
enable  them  properly  to  perform  their  duties  may  be  transferred  to  the  Devel- 
opment Battalions,  where  instruction  to  the  necessary  extent  will  be  imparted. 
These  transfers  will  be  made  in  accordance  with  section  I  of  this  order. 
(350,  A.  G.  O.) 

GKN13HAI.  Ordeks,  No.  46,  May  9.  1918. 

Jewish  Welfare  Board. 

I.  The  Jewish  Welfare  Board,  which  was  formed  to  coordinate  the  war  work 
of  Independent  Jewish  associations  in  the  United  States,  is  an  agency  which  is 
recognized  for  religious,  social,  and  recreational  work  in  the  camps.  Com- 
manding officers  will  cooperate  with  the  representatives  of  this  organization 
(083,  A.  G.  O.) 


8  EXTRACTS  FROM   GENERAL  ORDERS  AND  BULLETINS. 

Reporting  sickness  during  movement  of  troops. 

II.  When  during  a  movement  of  troops  it  is  found  necessary,  on  account  of 
sickness,  to  leave  any  part  of  the  command  at  a  place  where  the  patient,  or 
patients,  can  not  be  turned  over  to  the  Medical  Department,  the  commander 
of  the  troops  or  detachment  will  report  the  fact  by  telegraph  to  the  commander 
of  the  department  within  the  territorial  limits  of  which  the  patients  are  left, 
giving  names,  grades,  organizations,  nature  of  illness,  and  name  of  place  at 
which  left.     (704.1,  A.  G.  O.) 

Duties  of  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Instructors,  Signal  Corps. 

III.  OflBcers  of  the  Corps  of  Instructors,  Signal  Corps,  appointed  with  a  view 
to  their  utilization  as  instructors  in  schools  of  military  aeronautics  and  desig- 
nated as  such  in  the  orders  directing  them  to  report  for  duty,  are  not  available 
for  duty  as  line  officers  nor  for  assignment  to  tactical  units.  The  primary 
duties  of  these  officers  are  those  pertaining  to  the  instruction  of  cadets  in  the 
schools  of  military  aeronautics.  Their  services  may  not  be  utilized  for  any 
other  training.  These  duties  will  be  performed  under  the  supervision  of  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  school  of  military  aeronautics  to  which  they  are 
assigned,     (321.91,  A.  G.  O.) 

Unfit  and  inefficient  officers. 

IV.  Section  II,  General  Orders,  No.  169.  War  Department,  1917.  is  rescinded 
and  the  following  substituted  therefor: 

1.  W^henever  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army,  holding  an  appointment  with 
temporarily  increased  rank  (by  promotion  or  otherwise)  in  any  force  of  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  including  staff  bureaus  and  departments,  is  con- 
sidered by  his  division  or  higher  commander  or  by  a  chief  of  staff,  bureau,  or 
department  &s  unfit  to  exercise  the  duties  of  such  temporarily  increased  rank, 
the  division  or  higher  commander,  or  the  chief  of  staff,  bureau,  or  department 
will  report  such  fact  to  the  War  Department  for  the  action  of  the  President,  as 
contemplated  in  section  9,  act  of  Congress,  approved  May  18,  1917.  (Bulletin 
32,  War  Department,  1917.) 

2.  In  all  cases  where  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  holding  an  appointment 
with  temporarily  increased  rank  (by  promotion  or  otherwise)  in  any  force  of 
the  Army  of  the  United  States,  including  staff,  bureaus,  and  departments,  has 
been  discharged  from  such  temporary  commission  on  account  of  unfitness,  such 
officer  shall  be  held  as  unfit  for  temporary  promotion  in  the  Regular  Army  and 
shall  be  suspended  from  such  promotion  for  a  period  of  six  months  from  the 
date  of  such  discharge.  Any  vacancy  to  which  such  officer  may  become  en- 
titled will  be  filled  by  the  promotion  of  the  qualified  officer  next  on  the  lineal 
list. 

Just  prior  to  the  expiration  of  said  period  of  six  months  his  immediate  com- 
manding officer  will  be  directed  to  report  to  the  War  Department  whether  or 
not  the  officer  thus  suspended  has  demonstrated  his  fitness  for  temporary  ad- 
vancement to  the  next  higher  grade  in  the  Regular  Army. 

3.  In  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  the  commanding  general  will  con- 
tinue, under  the  authority  heretofore  granted  him,  to  discharge,  by  order  of  the 
President,  inefficient  officers  of  all  branches  of  the  service  below  the  grade  of 
brigadier  general  other  than  officers  of  the  Regular  Army.  Officers  of  the 
Regular  Army  holding  temporary  appointments  therein,  or  commissions  in  forces 
other  than  the  Regular  Army,  may  be  discharged  from  such  appointments  and 
commissions  by  the  authority  herein  granted.  In  all  cases  where,  in  the  opinion 
of  the  commanding  general,  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  an  officer  of  the 
Regular  Army,  who  has  b^en  given  temporary  promotion  therein,  is  considered 


BXTEACTS   FROM   GENEBAL   ORDERS.  9 

as  unfit  to  exercise  the  duties  of  such  temporarily  increased  ranlr,  the  com- 
mandinjr  general  will  report  such  fact  to  the  War  Department  for  the  action  of 
the  President.  In  all  cases  in  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  where  an 
officer  of  the  Rejnilar  Army  has  been  discharged  from  temporary  commission 
with  increased  rank  in  the  National  Army  or  from  commission  to  which  tem- 
porarily promoted  in  the  Regular  service,  the  conditions  indicated  in  para- 
graph 2  hereof  shall  apply.     (334.4,  A.  G.  O.) 

Qualification  record  cards  and  ofBcers'  qualification  cards. 

V.  1.  All  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  in  the  continental  limits  of  the  United 
States  will  be  classified  at  the  earliest  practicable  date  in  accordance  with  the 
method  already  in  use  in  Regular  Army,  National  Guard,  and  National  Army 
divisions  and  in  certain  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments.  Accordingly  for 
each  soldier  there  will  be  a  completed  qualification  record  card.  Form  CCP-1. 
This  card  will  accompany  the  soldier  in  all  cases  of  transfer  and  embarkation. 

2.  The  qualifications  of  the  soldier  as  shown  on  his  qualification  record  card 
will  be  given  consideration  in  his  assignment  to  duty.  In  such  assignment  it 
will  be  the  practice,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  conform  to  the  Tables  of  Occupa- 
tional Needs,  issued  to  division  commanders  on  March  28,  1918.  These  tables 
cover  all  units  in  an  Infantry  division  (combat). 

3.  All  oflicers  of  the  Army  below  the  grade  of  brigadier  general,  on  active 
duty  and  serving  within  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  will  be 
classified  and  rated  according  to  the  rating  scale  meihocl  now  in  use  in  the  case 
of  line  officers  and  In  certain  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments.  Each  officer 
will  fill  out  an  oflicers'  qualification  card  and  will  be  rated  according  to  the 
rating  scale  on  or  before  June  30,  1918.  In  case  of  transfer,  whether  within 
the  United  States  or  overseas,  this  card  will  be  rated,  and  inclosed  in  a  sealed 
erfvelope  or  package.  It  will  accompany  the  officer  and  be  delivered  to  the  com- 
manding officer  to  whom  he  reports. 

4.  Duplicate  officers'  qualification  cards  will  be  made  before  July  5,  1918, 
and  will  be  forwarded  by  the  division,  department,  district,  post,  camp,  or  other 
station  commander  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  except 
that  duplicate  cards  of  officers  of  staff  corps  and  departments  of  the  National 
Guard,  National  Army,  and  OflJicers'  Reserve  Corps  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
chief  of  the  staff  corps  or  department  concerned.  The  above  will  not  apply 
where  duplicates  have  been  forwarded  under  previous  instructions. 

5.  Applications  for  qualification  record  cards,  tables  of  occupational  needs, 
officers'  qualification  cards,  and  instructions  for  their  use  will  be  made  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  Room  528.  War  Department.     (201.6,  A.  G.  O.) 

General  Ordeks,  No.  47,  Mat  11,  1918. 

Units  exempted  from  control  of  department  commanders. 

I.  Paragraph  1,  section  VI,  General  Orders,  No.  23,  War  Departpient,  1918, 
is  amended  by  the  addition  of  the  following  subparagraph : 

(/)  Quartermaster  Mechanical  Repair  Shop  Units  Nos.  304,  305,  and  306. 
(322.9,  A.  G.  O.) 

Baling  relative  to  physical  disability. 

II.  Hereafter  any  soldier  who  shall  have  been  accepted  on  his  first  physical 
examination  after  arrival  at  a  military  station  as  fit  for  service  shall  be 
considered  to  have  contracted  any  subsequent  determined  physical  disability  in 
the  line  of  duty  unless  such  disability  can  be  shown  to  be  the  result  of  his  own 
carelessness,  misconduct,  or  vicious  habits,  or  unless  the  history  of  the  case 


iLO  EXTRACTS  FROM   GENERAL   ORDERS  AND   BULLETINS. 

shows  unmistukiibly  that  the  disability  existed  prior  to  entrance  into  the 
service.  The  same  rulings  shall  apply  in  the  cases  of  officers  who  have  beei. 
passed  as  fit  for  service  on  phy^cal  examination  upon  entrance  into  the  service. 
(710,  A.  G.  O.) 

Removal  of  personal  property  stored  at  posts  or  depots;  shipment  of  bagg^age. 

IV.  General  Orders,  No.  86,  War  Department,  1917,  is  rescinded  and  the  fol- 
lowing is  substituted  therefor : 

1.  All  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  civilian  employees  who  have  personal  prop- 
erty stored  at  military  posts  or  depots  are  hereby  directed  to  remove  said 
property  upon  notification  from  the  quartermaster  or  other  officer  in  charge 
of  the  post  or  depot  at  which  said  property  is  stored  that  the  space  utilized 
is  required  for  use  by  the  Government. 

2.  Officers,  enlisted  men,  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Regular  Army,  not 
on  duty  at  a  permanent  station,  who  have  been  or  may  be  directed  to  remove 
personal  property  from  a  post  or  depot  at  which  said  property  is  stored  (as 
indicated  In  paragraph  1  hereof),  or  who  may  be  ordered  for  duty  in  the  field, 
or  who  are  now  on  duty  in  the  field,  will  be  entitled  to  have  their  full  allow- 
ance of  baggage  disposed  of  in  the  same  manner  as  is  now  provided  for  in 
paragraph  1138,  Army  Regulations,  for  extended  service  overseas.  Upon  re- 
assignment to  permanent  station  from  duty  in  the  field,  officers,  enlisted  men. 
and  civilian  employees  of  the  Regular  Army  will  be  entitled  to  have  their 
authorized  allowance  of  baggage  shipped  at  public  expense  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  is  provided  for  in  paragraph  1138,  Army  Regulations,  upon  resuming 
duty  in  the  United  States  from  service  overseas.  Shipment  under  this  authority 
may  be  made  from  any  previous  station,  provided  the  total  of  this  and  all  pre- 
vious shipments  at  Government  expense  from  any  one  station  shall  not  ex- 
ceed the  authorized  allowance  of  the  officer  concerned  at  the  time  he  left  said 
station  and  provided  further  that  the  aggregate  weight  of  all  shipments  made 
under  the  provisions  of  this  order  shall  not  exceed  the  authorized  allowance 
of  the  officer  at  the  time  final  shipment  is  made. 

For  the  purpose  of  this  order  "  Duty  in  the  field  "  will  be  construed  as  in- 
cluding any  duty  in  Europe  incident  to  the  present  military  operations. 

8.  Baggage  in  excess  of  the  regular  allowance  may  be  shipped  upon  the  same 
bill  of  lading  with  the  regulation  allowance,  upon  deposit  with  the  shipping 
officer,  prior  to  the  issuance  of  the  bill  of  lading,  of  a  sum  equal  to  the  com- 
mercial freight  charges  on  the  excess,  to  be  ascertained  from  or  through  the 
agent  of  the  carrier  at  point  of  shipment,  and  cost  of  exchange  for  remittance 
to  the  officer  who  will  settle  the  transportation  charges.  The  excess  will  not 
be  shipped  on  Government  bill  of  lading  unless  such  deposit  be  first  made. 

4.  The  provisions  of  this  section  include  the  shipment  of  the  professional 
books  of  officers,  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  1139,  Army  Regulations,  and 
include,  likewise,  shipments  made  from  places  wh-ere  baggage  has  heretofore 
been  stored  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1138,  Army  Regulations. 

5.  Officers,  enlisted  men,  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Regular  Army  de- 
siring shipment  of  baggage  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  will  submit 
application  therefor  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  setting  forth  the 
necessity  for  the  shipment,  and  such  application  when  duly  approved,  shall  be 
the  authority  for  a  quartermaster  to  make  the  shipment.     [524.21,  A.  G.  O.] 

Procedure  to  be  followed  in  case  of  certain  contracts. 

V.  1.  Revised  Statutes  3744  to  3747  provide  as  follows : 

Sec.  3744.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy,  and  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  to  cause  and  require  every  con 
tract  made  by  them  severally  on  behalf  of  the  Government,  or  by  their  officers^ 


EXTRACTS  FROM  GENERAL  ORDEBS.  11 

under  them  appointed  to  make  such  contracts,  to  be  reduced  to  writing,  aixl 
signed  by  the  contracting  parties  with  thieir  names  at  the  end  thereof;  a  copy 
of  which  shall  be  filed  by  the  officer  making  and  signing  the  contract  in  the 
Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior,  as  soon  after  tlie  contract  is 
made  as  possible,  and  within  thirty  days,  together  with  all  bids,  offers  and  pro- 
posals to  him  made  by  persons  to  obtain  the  same,  and  with  a  copy  of  any  ad- 
vertisement he  may  have  published  inviting  bids,  offers,  or  proposals  for  the 
same.  dLll  the  copies  and  papers  in  relation  to  each  contract  shall  be  attached 
together  by  a  ribbon  and  seal,  and  marked  by  numbers  in  regular  order,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  papers  composing  the  whole  return.     (See  Sees.  512-515.) 

Sec.  3745.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  officer,  before  making  his  return, 
according  to  the  preceding  section,  to  affix  to  the  same  his  affidavit  in  the 
following  form,  sworn  to  before  some  magistrate  having  authority  to  admin- 
ister oaths:  "I  do   solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  the  copy  of  contract  hereto 

annexed  is  an  exact  copy  of  a  contract  made  by  me  personally  with  ; 

that  I  made  the  same  fairly  without  any  benefit  or  advantage  to  myself,  or 

allowing  any  such  benefit  or  advantage  corruptly  to  the  said  ,  or  any 

other  person;  and  that  the  papers  accompanying  include  all  those  relating  to 
the  said  contract,  as  required  by  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided." 

Sec.  3746.  Every  officer  who  makes  any  contract,  and  fails  or  neglects  to  make 
return  of  the  same,  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  two  preceding  sections, 
unless  from  unavoidable  accident  or  causes  not  within  his  control,  shall  be 
leemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred,  and  imprisoned  not  more  than  six  months. 

Sec.  3747.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy,  and  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  to  furnish  every  officer  appointed 
by  them  with  authority  to  make  contracts  on  behalf  of  the  Government  with  a 
printed  letter  of  instructions,  setting  forth  the  duties  of  such  officer,  under  the 
two  preceding  sections,  and  also  to  furnish  therewith  forms,  printed  in  blank 
of  contracts  to  be  made,  and  the  affidavit  of  returns  required  to  be  affixed 
thereto,  so  that  all  the  instruments  may  be  as  nearly  uniform  as  possible. 

Extract  from  chapter  29,  first  session,  1917.  June  15,  1917.  (House  resolu- 
tion 3971.)     Statutes,  1917„  page  198: 

Section  3744,  Revised  Statutes,  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  the  following 
at  the  end  of  the  last  sentence : 

'^Provided,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  or  Secretary  of  the  Navy  may  extend 
the  time  for  filing  such  contracts  in  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of  the 
Interior  to  ninety  days  whenever  In  their  opinion  it  would  be  to  the  interest 
of  the  United  States  to  follow  such  a  course." 

2.  Numerous  failures  on  the  part  of  contracting  officers  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  these  statutes  have  been  brought  to  the 
attention  of  the  department.  The  chiefs  of  the  several  supply  bureaus  will 
insure  a  precise  and  Immediate  compliance  with  these  statutes.  All  contracting 
officers  of  the  War  Department  will  familiarize  themselves  with  these  statutes 
and  comply  accurately  with  their  provisions.     (160.14,  A.  G.  O.) 

General  Orders,  No.  48,  May  17,  1918. 

Discontinuance  of  qualification  in  marksmanship  and  extra  pay  tlierefor. 

1.  1.  During  the  continuance  of  the  present  emergency,  firing  with  the  rifie, 
machine  gun,  or  automatic  rifle  for  qualification  and  extra  pay  in  all  organiza- 
tions armed  in  whole  or  in  part  with  these  weapons  will  be  discontinued. 

2.  During  the  continuance  of  the  present  emergency,  examinations  in  the 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  and  in  the  Field  Artillery  for  qualification  and  extra  pay 
as  gunners  will  be  discontinued.     (358.151.  A.  G.  O.) 


IB  EXTRACTS  FKOM   GENEEAI.  ORDEHS  AKD  BULLETINS. 

Marching  and  field  shoes  for  troops  ordered  overseas. 

II.  Troops  ordered  overseas  will  take  with  them  to  ports  of  embarkation  only 
the  one  pair  of  russet  or  marcliing  slioes  for  each  enlisted  iiian  in  addition  to 
field  shoes  referred  to  in  section  II,  General  Orders,  No.  23,  War  Department, 
1918.  Additional  marching  and  russet  shoes  which  have  been  Issued  will  be 
turncMi  in  to  camp  quartermasters  before  departure  to  embarkation  caraps.^ 
(421.5,  A.  G.  O.) 

Wearing  of  uniform  by  officials  of  the  American  Red  Cross. 

III.  Paragraph  7,  section  V,  General  Orders,  No.  17,  War  Department,  1918^ 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

7.  Officials  of  the  Red  Cross  assigned  to  duty  as  outlined  above  with  the 
Military  Establishment  In  foreign  countries  which  constitute  the  seat  of  active 
warfare  will  be  required  to  wefir  the  regulation  uniform  of  the  American  Red 
Cross,  together  with  the  insignia,  etc.,  as  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
Such  uniform  and  insignia  is  not  authorized  for  wear  except  as  herein  pre- 
BCribed,     (421,  A.  G.  O.) 

Appointment,   promotion,   and  rednction   of  noncommissioned   oflS^cers,   Quarter- 
master Corps. 

IV.  Section  IV,  General  Orders,  No.  113,  War  Department,  1917,  as  amended 
by  section  VII,  General  Orders,  No.  2,  War  Department,  1918,  is  further  amended 
so  as  to  change  paragraph  6  to  read  as  follows: 

6.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  in  the  matter  of  the  appoint- 
ment, promotion,  and  reduction  of  company,  battalion,  and  regimental  noncom- 
missi'oued  oflicers,  cooks,  and  privates,  first  class.  Quartermaster' Corps,  in 
l)attalion,  regimental,  and  similar  organizations  pertaining  to  the  said  corps; 
in  the  aprK)intment,  promotion,  and  reduction  of  enlisted  men  referred  to  in  this 
paragraph,  "the  pro\Lsi(>ns  of  paragraphs  256,  271,  272,  273,  274,  275,  27G,  277, 
and  278,  Army  Regulations  1913,  siiall  apply.  Quartermaster  sergeants  senior 
grade,  quartermaster  sergeants,  and  sergeants,  first  class,  bel{»nging  to  such  or- 
ganizations, shall  bo  appointed  as  provided  for  in  the  preceding  paragraph.^. 
(322.03,  A.  G.  O.) 

Appointments  in  the  serveral  grades  of  enlisted  men,  (luartermaster  Corps. 

V.  Paragraph  1,  section  IV,  General  Orders,  No.  113,  War  Department,  1917, 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Temporary  appointments  in  the  Regular  Army,  National  Guard  drafted,  and 
National  Army  to  tl  i  grades  of  quarttrmaster  sergeant,  senior  grade,  quarter- 
master sergean  ,  and  sergeant,  first  class.  Quartermaster  Corps,  will,  within  the 
limits  of  the  allotment  to  their  respective  commands,  be  made  by  commanders  of 
territorial  departments,  armies,  corps,  divisions.  Coast  Artillery  districts,  and 
eeimrate  brlgadv-v;,  and  the  commanding  general,  American  Expeditionary  Forces. 
Permanent  appolufment  to  these  grades  will  be  made  for  the  Regular  Ar-my  by 
the  Secretary  of  \Var,  and  for  the  National  Guard  drafted  and  the  National 
Army  by  the  Quartermaster  General.  Sergeants,  corporals,  cooks,  and  privates, 
first  class,  will  be  temporarily  or  permanently  appointed  within  the  allotment  to 
their  respective  commands  by  the  commanders  of  territorial  departments,  armies, 
corps,  divisions,  Coast  Artillery  districts,  and  separate  brigades,  and  the  com- 
manding general,  American  Expeditionary  Forces.  For  independent  stations 
temporary  appointments  in  all  grades  for  the  Regular  Army,  National  Guard 
drafted,  and  National  Army;  permanent  appointments  in  all  grades  for  the  Na-. 
tlonal  Guard  drafted  and  National  Army  and  permanent  appointments  in  the 
Regular  Army  in  the  grades  of  sergeant,  corporal,  cook,  and  privates,  first  class, 
will  be  made  by  the  (quartermaster  General.     (220.31,  A.  G.  O.) 


BXTKACTS  PROM  GENERAL  ORDERS.  13 

Supervision  and  control  of  division  trains. 

VI.  Paragraph  1,  section  IV,  General  Orders,  No.  149,  War  Department,  .1917, 
is  rescinded  an-'  the  following  substituted  therefor: 

Except  when  released  by  order  as  provided  for  by  paragraphs  282  and  283, 
B^ield  Service  Uegulations,  division  rains  are  subject  to  the  control  of  the  com- 
mander of  trains,  whose  status  and  responsibility  as  a  commander  is  analogous 
to  that  of  a  brigade  commander.  In  so  far  as  training  concerns  a  special  service, 
tlie  details  and  supervision  of  instruction  are  properly  functions  of  the  division 
chiefs  of  service  under  whom  these  elements  of  the  command  operate  in  action ; 
but  the  failure  of  the  latter  to  exercise  this  function  will  not  serve  to  relieve 
the  commander  of  trains  of  his  responsibility  for  the  efficiency  of  his  command. 
The  attention  of  all  concerned  is  directed  to  the  fact  that  the  Field  Service  Regu- 
lations  were  written  with  a  view  to  their  application  in  campaign.  The  excex)- 
tional  circumstances  connected  with  service  in  training  and  mobilization  camps 
call  for  a  maximum  of  control  by  the  division  chiefs  of  service,  who  represent  tlie 
division  commander  in  matters  pertaining  to  their  particular  branches.  The 
efficiency  of  a  commander  of  trains  is  in  part  measured  by  the  promptness  with 
which  he  can  deliver  any  particular  train  when  and  where  needed  by  the  service 
charged  with  itt  operation  and  training.  Where  there  exists  an  evident  lack  of 
cooperation  between  the  commander  of  trains  and  the  chiefs  of  service,  it  is  the 
duty  of  the  division  commander  to  take  appropriate  action.  Such  action  may 
properly  be  that  provided  for  by  paragraph  283,  Field  Service  Regulations. 
(322.03,  A.  G.  O.) 

General  Obdeks,  No.  49,  May  18,  1918. 

Regulations  for  the  flying  of  civilian  aircraft. 

The  following  proclamation  by  the  President  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

[REQULATINQ  THE  FLYING  OF  CIVILIAN   AIRCBAFT.] 
BY     THE     PRESIDENT?     OJT     THE     UNITED     STATES     OP     AMERICA. 

A  Proclamation. 

Whereas,  the  United  States  of  America  is  now  at  war,  and  the  Army  and 
Navy  thA-eof  are  endangered  in  their  operations  and  preparntions  by  aircraft, 
T,  WooDRow  Wilson,  President  of  the  United  States,  by  virtue  of  the  authority 
Tested  in  me  by  the  Constitution  as  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  Militia  of  the  several  States  when  called 
into  the  actual  service  of  the  United  States,  do  hereby  for  the  protection  of 
such  forces  issue  the  following  proclamation  : 

I.  A  license  nmst  be  obtained  from  the  Joint  Army  and  Navy  Board  on 
Aeronautic  Cognizance  by  or  in  behalf  of  any  person  who  contemplates  flying 
in  a  balloon,  aeroplane,  hydroplane,  or  other  machine  or  device  over  or  near 
any  military  or  naval  forces,  camp,  fort,  battery,  torpedo  station,  arsenal,  mu- 
nition factory,  navy  yard,  naval  station,  coaling  station,  telei)hone  or  wireless 
or  signal  station,  or  any  building  or  office  connect e<i  with  the  National  De- 
fense, or  any  place  or  region  within  the  jurisdiction  or  occupation  of  the 
United  States  which  may  be  designated  by  the  President  as  a  zone  of  warlike 
operations  or  of  warlike  preparation. 

II.  The  license  will  specify  the  person  to  whom  it  is  issued,  the  machine  to 
be  used,  the  persons  to  operate  the  machine  and  all  other  persons  to  be  carried 
therein,  the  mode  of  marking  or  otherwise  identifying  the  machine,  and  other 
details  intended  to  assure  the  military  and  naval  forces  of  the  peacefuluess  oil 
the  errand. 


'11  EXTRACTS  FROM  GENERAL  ORDERS  AND  BULLETINS. 

III.  The  license  will  also  specify  the  territory  and  the  time  wherein  it  shall 
be  available. 

IV.  In  case  any  aircraft  shall  disregard  this  proclamation  or  the  terras  of 
the  license,  it  shall  be  the  right  and  duty  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  to 
treat  the  aircraft  as  hostile  and  to  fire  upon  it  or  otherwise  destroy  it,  not- 
withstanding the  resultant  danger  to  human  life. 

V.  For  the  present,  the  President  designates  as  a  zone  of  military  operations 
and  of  military  preparation  the  whole  of  the  United  States  and  its  territorial 
waters  and  of  the  insular  possessions  and  of  the  Panama  Canal  Zone. 

VI.  The  provisions  of  this  proclamation  do  not  apply  to  aircraft  operated 
by  the  Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  Slates. 

VII.  No  private  flying  without  a  license  will  be  permitted  after  the  expira- 
tion of  30  days  from  the  date  of  this  proclamation. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  to  be  affixed. 

Done  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  28th  day  of  February,  in  the  year  ol 

our  Lord  one  thousand   nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  of  the  in 

[SEAI,]     dependence  of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred  and  forty-second. 

WooDEow  Wilson, 
By  the  President: 
RoBEET  Lansing, 

Secretary  of  State, 
(580.1,  A.  G.  O.) 

Genebal  Ordeks,  No.  50,  May  20,  1918. 

Eednction  of  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates,  first  class,  of  Ordnance. 

II.  1.  During  the  present  emergency  the  provisions  of  subparagraph  3,  para- 
graph 1512i,  Army  Regulations,  in  so  far  as  it  pertains  to  noncommissioned 
officers  and  privates,  first  class,  of  Ordnance  of  the  National  Army  or  of  the 
National  Guard  in  Federal  service,  is  suspended  and  the  following  substituted 
therefor : 

2.  Ordnance  sergeants  and  sergeants,  corporals,  and  privates,  first  class,  of 
Ordnance  of  the  National  Army  or  of  the  National  Guard  in  Federal  service, 
may  be  reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  or  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
or  by  the  officers  authorized  to  appoint  them,  and,  in  addition,  privates,  first 
class,  of  Ordnance  of  the  National  Army  may  be  reduced  by  arsenal  or  depot 
commanders  at  ordnance  establishments.     (220.26,  A.  G.  O.) 

Physical  examination  of  officers  before  proceeding  overseas. 

III.  All  commissioned  officers  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  as  defined  In 
General  Orders,  No.  115,  August  29,  1917,  War  Department,  who  may  be  now 
or  hereafter  under  orders  to  proceed  to  the  theater  of  war,  and  who  shall  not 
liave  been  subjected  to  a  thorough  physical  examination  since  November  14, 
1917,  will  be  subjected  to  such  examination  before  proceeding  to  Europe  for 
duty. 

Commanding  officers  will  take  the  action  necessary  to  carry  this  order  into 
effect  and  to  prevent  1  3  departure  for  over-sea  war  service  of  any  officer  who 
may  be  found  physically  unfit  for  such  service,  making  special  report  in  each 
case  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  setting  forth  the  nature  and  extent 
of  the  disability  with  a  recommendation  as  to  such  further  action  as  he  may 
deem  best  in  the  interest  of  the  service. 

The  examining  surgeon  will  furnish  each  officer  found  qualified  for  over-sea 
service  with  a  certificate  showing  that  he  is  so  qualified.     (201.6,  A.  G.  O.) 


EXTRACTS  FROM   GENERAL   ORDERS.  15 

Genekal  Orders,  No.  52,  May  25,  1918. 

Transfer  of  officers  and  enlisted  men. 

1.  1.  During  the  pre.sent  emergency  the  transfer  of  officers  within  the  Regulai* 
Army,  National  Army,  or  National  Guard,  respectively,  will  be  effected  as 
follows : 

a.  Within  the  regiment,  as  provided  in  paragraph  48,  Army  llegulations,  1918. 
Ij.  Within  the  division,  in  tlie  same  arm  of  the  service,  by  the  division  com- 
mander. 

c.  Within  the  higher  units  than  a  division,  in  the  same  arm  of  the  service, 
by  the  unit  commander. 

The  War  Department  will  be  notified  of  each  transfer  made  under  the  pro- 
visions of  a,  b,  and  c. 

d.  From  depot  brigades  to  divisions,  and  vice  versa,  by  tlie  War  Department. 

2.  The  transfer  of  enlisted  men  from  depot  brigades,  replacement,  and  train- 
ing camps,  or  training  depots  to  divisions  or  other  units,  and  vice  versa,  will  be 
made  by  the  War  Department.     (322.04,  A.  G.  O.) 

Specialists  inducted  into  service.  tjj  aoiriax-isW 

II.  1.  When  specialists  are  called  into  the  military  service  for  partictllfer 
purposes,  if  they  can  not  be  used  for  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  inducted., 
they  will  not  be  compelled  to  serve  in  other  capacities  until  the  time  when 
their  regular  order  numbers  would  have  been  reached.  Until  this  time  they 
may  be  furloughed,  without  pay  and  allowance,  by  the  commanding  officer  to 
whom  they  were  ordered  to  report,  who  will  notify  the  local  board  concerned 
that  the  furlough  has  been  granted  for  such  a  period. 

2.  When  orders  are  issued  directing  such  specialists  to  report  at  any  post, 
camp,  or  other  station  the  commanding  officer  will  be  informed  of  tlieir 
prospective  arrivals  in  order  that  they  may  be  assigned  to  the  positions  la- 
tended  for  them.     (324.71,  A.  G.  O.) 

Methods,  routings,  and  preferential  shipments  of  troops  and  supplies. 

V.  1.  Jurisdiction  and  control  of  all  transportation  for  the  Army  having 
been  vested  In  the  Storage  and  Traffic  Division  (now  called  the  Division  of 
Purchases,  Storage,  and  Traffic  of  the  General  Staff)  under  the  provisions  of 
paragraph  4,  section  I,  General  Orders,  No.  14,  War  Department,  1918,  the 
director  thereof  was  thereby,  in  effect,  authorized  to  issue  from  time  to  time, 
through  his  assistants,  directly  to  depot  and  other  quartermasters,  instructions 
pertaining  to  methods,  routing,  and  preferential  shipments  of  troops  and  sup- 
plies for  the  Army.  ^ 

2.  All  persons  providing  transportation  of  troops  on  making  shipment  of  sup-.^ 
plies  for  or  through  the  Quartermaster  Corps  and  their  immediate  command- 
ing officers  are  enjoined  to  comply  promptly  with  all  instructions  and  direc- 
tions issued  to  them  by  authority  of  the  Director  of  Purchases,  Storage,  and 
Traffic  with  reference  to  methods,  routings,  and  preferential  shipments  of 
troops  and  supplies  and  all  other  matters  pertaining  to  transportation  of  persons 
or  stores,  acknowledging  receipts  directly  to  the  issuing  sources,  with  duplicates 
to  the  Quartermaster  General  for  his  information. 

a.  Methods  will  Include  the  system  of  marking  packages  for  shipment;  tlie 
uae  of  prescribed  forms,  when  available;  the  keeping  of  prescril)ed  records  of 
transportation,  of  shipments,  and  of  cars;  the  condensing  or  grouping  of  ship- 
ments in  cars;  and  economizing  car  space  by  loading  cars  to  capacity  or  by 
reducing  the  shipping  bulk  of  special  classes  of  freight  or  otherwise. 


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EXTBACTS  FEOM   GENERAL   OBDEBS  AND  BULLETINS. 


h.  Routing  will  include  transportation  over  selected  routes  in  order  to  dis- 
tribute the  traffic  and  relieve  congestion ;  distribution  between  freight,  express, 
and  parcel-post  shipments;  provided  that  in  routing  troops  and  property  under 
this  paragraph  preference  be  given  to  land-grant  lines  or  equalization  lines 
wbon  practicable. 

c.  Preferential  shipments  will  cover  delaying  a  specified  movement  or  ship- 
ment or  class  thereof  until  another  specified  movement,  shipment,  or  class 
thereof  shall  have  been  made,  or  routing  a  specified  movement  or  shipment  or 
class  thereof  by  a  designated  route. 

3.  Pending  receipt  of  such  instructions  or  directions,  and  thereafter  when 
not  conflicting  therewith,  the  rules,  regulations,  and  instructions  pertaining  to 
ti-ansportation  as  issued  by  the  Quartermaster  General  will  be  strictly  complied 
with. 

4.  All  orders  and  instructions  issued  in  compliance  with  this  order  will  take 
precedence  over  ail  conflicting  orders  and  instructions  from  whatever  source. 
(5150,  A.  G.  O.) 

General  Obdebs,  No.  53,  May  27,  1918. 

War-service  and  wound  chevrons. 

IV.  Subparagraphs  (c)  and  (d),  paragraph  1,  and  paragraphs  7  and  8,  Gen- 
eral Orders,  No.  6,  War  Department  1918,  are  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

1.    *    *    * 

(c)  War-service  chevrons.         "^tl  ovaii  i 

A  gold  chevron  of  standard  fliatigrtat 'ami  design,  to  be  worn  on  the  lower 
half  of  the  left  sleeve  of  all  uniform  coats,  except  fatigue  coats,  by  each  officer, 
field  clerk,  and  enlisted  man  who  has  served  six  months  in  a  theater  of  opera- 
tions during  the  present  war  as  an  ofiicer,  field  clerk,  or  enlisted  man  of  the 
armies  of  the  United  States,  and  an  additional  gold  chevron  for  each  six 
months  of  similar  service  thereafter. 

A  sky-blue  cloth  chevron  of  the  same  pattern  and  worn  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  gold  chevron  by  each  oflicer,  field  clerk,  and  enlisted  man  who  has 
served  under  the  conditions  prescribed  for  the  gold  chevron,  but  has  left  the 
theater  of  operations  prior  to  the  completion  of  six  months'  service  therein. 
Should  a  person  subsequently  return  to  the  theater  of  operations  for  duty 
therein,  the  blue-cloth  chevron  will  be  replaced  by  the  gold  chevron  upon  the 
completion  of  a  total  of  six  months  of  service  In  the  theater  of  operations,  after 
which  only  gold  chevrons  will  be  worn  to  indicate  war  service.  The  right  to 
wear  war-service  chevrons  is  limited  to  those  officers,  field  clerks,  and  enlisted 
men  whose  official  duty  requires  their  presence  in  a  theater  of  operations,  as 
distinguished  from  those  who  may  visit  such  a  theater  without  having  been 
ordered  thereto  for  duty.  'The  term  "theater  of  operations"  is  as  defined  in 
Field  Service  Regulations  1914,  as  corrected  to  April  15,  1917. 

War-service  chevrons  of  the  same  material  and  design  and  similarly  placed 
will  be  worn  on  the  coat,  overcoat,  or  waist  of  their  prescribed  uniform  by  all 
other  uniformed  personnel  of  the  authorized  Military  Establishment.  They 
will  be  worn  under  the  same  conditions  as  prescribed  for  officers,  field  clerks, 
and  enlisted  men. 

(d)  Wound  chevrons. 

A  gold  chevron  of  pattern  identical  with  that  of  the  war-service  chevron,  to 
be  worn  on  the  lower  half  of  the  right  sleeve  of  all  uniform  coats,  except  fatigue 
coats,  by  each  officer,  field  clerk,  and  enlisted  man  who  has  received  or  who  may 
hereafter  receive  a  wound  in  action  with  the  enemy,  or  as  the  result  of  an 
act  of  the  enemy,  which  necessitates  treatment  by  a  medical  officer,  and  an 
additional  chevron  for  each  additional  wound;  but  not  more  tlian  one  chevron 


EXTRACTS  PROM   GENERAL   ORDERS.  17 

will  be  worn  for  two  or  more  wounds  received  at  the  same  time.  Disablement 
by  gas  necessitating  treatment  by  a  medical  officer  shall  be  considered  to  be  a 
wound  within  the  meaning  of  this  order. 

Wound  chevrons  of  the  same  material  and  design  and  similarly  placed  will 
be  worn  on  the  coat,  overcoat,  or  waist  of  their  prescribed  uniform  by  all  other 
uniformed  personnel  of  the  authorized  Military  Establishment.  They  will  be 
worn  under  the  same  conditions  as  prescribed  for  officers,  field  clerks,  and  en- 
listed men. 

7.  When  an  officer,  field  clerk,  enlisted  man,  or  other  member  of  the  author- 
ised Military  Establishment  is  admitted  to  a  hospital  for  treatment  of  a  wound, 
or  when  an  officer,  field  clerk,  enlisted  man,  or  other  member  of  the  authorized 
Military  Establishment  is  treated  for  a  wound  without  being  admitted  to  a 
hospital,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  hospital,  or,  in  the  latter  case,  the  medi- 
cal officer  who  treats  the  wound,  will  furnish  the  commanding  offic*er  of  the 
wounded  person  with  a  certificate  describing  briefiy  the  nature  of  the  wound 
and  certifying  to  the  necessity  of  the  treatment.  This  information  may  be 
furnished  to  commanders  of  higher  units  in  the  form  of  certified  lists,  and  will 
be  transmitted  by  them  to  the  commanding  officers  concerned. 

8.  Commanding  officers  will  forward  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 
through  military  channels,  lists  in  duplicate  of  those  members  of  their  com- 
mands who  have  been  honorably  wounded  in  action,  or  as  the  result  of  an 
act  of  the  enemy,  with  a  statement  in  the  case  of  each  individual,  showing  time 
and  place  wounds  were  received,  and  organization  in  which  they  were  then 
serving.  Whenever  a  report  is  made  of  an  action,  it  will  be  accompanied  by  the 
above-flescribed  list  and  by  certified  copies  of  the  medical  officers'  statements 
described  in  paragraph  7.     (421.7,  A.  G.  O.) 

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Section  II. 
EXTRACTS  FROM  BULLETINS. 

MAY,  191S. 

Bulletin  No.  24,  May  2,  1918. 

Pveimbursement  of  actual  expenses  or  flat  per  diem  for  certain  enlisteJ  men. 

I.  An  Act  To  provide  for  reimbursement  of  actual  expenses  or  flat  per  diem  for  eulisted 
men  traveling  on  duty  under  competent  orders. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  hereafter  under  such  regula- 
tions and  within  such  maximum  rates  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  enlisted  men  may  be  reimbursed  for  actual  expenses  of  travel,  including 
subsistence  and  lodging,  incurred  while  traveling  under  competent  orders  and 
not  embraced  in  the  movement  of  troops,  or  they  may  be  paid  a  flat  per  diem 
therefor  in  lieu  of  such  reimbursement. 

Approved,  April  20,  1918.     (246.6,  A.  G.  O.) 

Filling  of  certain  vacancies  in  grades  of  the  Eegnlar  Army. 

III.  An  Act  To  amend  section  eight  of  an  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  authorize  the  President 

to  increase  temporarily  the  Military  Establishment  of  the  United  States,"  approved 
May  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  last  sentence  of  section 
eight  of  an  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  authorize  the  President  to  increase  tem- 
porarily the  Military  Establishment  of  the  United  States,"  approved  May 
eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seventeen,  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is, 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

**  Vacancies  in  the  grades  of  the  Regular  Army  resulting  from  the  appoint- 
ment of  officers  thereof  to  higher  grades  in  the  forces  other  than  the  Regular 
Army  herein  provided  for  shall  be  filled  by  temporary  promotions  and  appoint- 
ments in  the  manner  prescribed  by  section  one  hundred  and  fourteen  of  the 
national  defense  act,  approved  June  third,  nineteen  hundred  and  sixteen,  except 
that  such  promotions  and  appointments  may  be  made  by  the  President  alone 
when  such  vacancies  are  in  grades  not  above  that  of  colonel ;  and  officers  ap- 
pointed under  the  provisions  of  this  act  to  higher  grades  in  the  forces  other  than 
the  Regular  Army  herein  provided  for  shall  not  vacate  their  permanent  com- 
missions or  be  prejudiced  in  their  relative  or  lineal  standing  in  the  Regu- 
lar Army." 

Approved,  April  20,  1918.     (210.1,  A.  G.  O.) 

law  against  willful  injury  or  destruction  of  war  material,  etc. 

IV.  An   Act  To   punish   the  willful   injury   or   destruction  of  war   material,   or   of   war 
premises  or  utilities  used  in  connection  with  war  material,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled.  That  the  words  "  war  material,"  as 
used  herein,  shall  include  arms,  armament,  ammunition,  live  stock,  stores  of 
clothing,  food,  foodstuffs,  or  fuel;  and  shall  also  include  supplies,  munitions, 
and  all  other  articles  of  whatever  description,  and  any  part  or  ingredient 
18 


EXTEACTS  FROM  BULLETINS.  19 

thereof,  intended  for,  adapted  to,  or  suitable  for  the  use  of  tlie  United  States,  or 
any  associate  nation,  in  connection  with  the  conduct  of  the  war. 

The  words  "  war  premises,"  as  used  herein,  shall  include  all  buildings, 
grounds,  mines,  or  other  places  wherein  such  war  material  is  being  produced, 
manufactured,  repaired,  stored,  mined,  extracted,  distributed,  loaded,  unloaded, 
or  transported,  together  with  all  machinery  and  appliances  therein  contained; 
and  all  forts,  arsenals,  navy  yards,  camps,  prisons,  or  other  military  or  naval 
stations  of  the  United  States,  or  any  associate  nation. 

The  words  "  war  utilities,"  as  used  herein,  shall  include  all  railroads,  rail- 
ways, electric  lines,  roads  of  whatever  description,  railroad  or  railway  fixture, 
canal,  lock,  dam,  wharf,  pier,  dock,  bridge,  building,  structure,  engine,  machine, 
mechanical  contrivance,  car,  vehicle,  boat,  or  aircraft,  or  any  other  means  of 
transportation  whatsoever,  whereon  or  whereby  such  war  material  or  any 
troops  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  associate  nation,  are  being  or  may  be 
transported  either  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  or  upon  the  high  seas ; 
and  all  dams,  reservoirs,  aqueducts,  water  and  gas  mains  and  pipes,  structures 
and  buildings,  whereby  or  in  connection  with  which  water  or  gas  is  being  fur- 
nished, or  may  be  furnished,  to  any  war  premises  or  to  the  military  or  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States,  or  any  associate  nation,  and  all  electric  light  and 
power,  steam  or  pneumatic  power,  telephone  and  telegraph  plants,  poles,  wires, 
and  fixtures  and  wireless  stations,  and  the  buildings  connected  with  the  main- 
tenance and  operation  thereof  used  to  supply  water,  light,  heat,  power,  or 
facilities  of  communication  to  any  war  premises  or  to  the  military  or  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States,  or  any  associate  nation. 

The  words  "  United  States  "  shall  include  the  Canal  Zone  and  all  territory 
and  waters,  continental  and  insular,  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States. 

The  words  "  associate  nation,"  as  used  in  this  act,  shall  be  deemed  to  mean 
any  nation  at  war  with  any  nation  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  war. 

Sec.  2.  That  when  the  United  States  is  at  war,  whoever,  with  intent  to  injure, 
interfere  with,  or  obstruct  the  United  States  or  any  associate  nation  in  prepar- 
ing for  or  carrying  on  the  war,  or  whoever,  with  reason  to  believe  that  his  act 
may  injure,  interfere  with,  or  obstruct  the  United  States  or  any  associate 
nation  in  preparing  for  or  carrying  on  the  war,  shall  willfully  injure  or  destroy, 
or  shall  attempt  to  so  injure  or  destroy,  any  war  material,  war  premises,  or 
war  utilities,  as  herein  defined,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  more 
than  $10,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  thirty  years,  or  both. 

Sec.  3.  That  when  the  United  States  is  at  war,  whoever,  with  intent  to  injure, 
interfere  with,  or  obstruct  the  United  States  or  as^  associate  nation  in  prepar- 
ing for  or  carrying  on  the  war,  or  whoever,  with  reason  to  believe  that  his  act 
may  injure,  interfere  with,  oi:  obstruct  the  United  States  or  any  associate  nation 
in  preparing  for  or  carrying  on  the  war,  shall  willfully  make  or  cause  to  be 
made  in  a  defective  manner,  or  attempt  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  in  a  de- 
fective manner,  any  war  material,  as  herein  defined,  or  any  tool,  implement, 
machine,  utensil,  or  receptacle  used  or  employed  in  making,  producing,  manu- 
facturing, or  repairing  any  such  war  material,  as  herein  defined,  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  more  than  $10,000  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
thirty  years,  or  both. 

Approved,  April  20,  1918.     (381.3,  A.  G  O.) 

Bulletin  No.  25,  May  3,  1918. 

Cable  Censorship  Circular. 

I.  Section  II,  Bulletin  No.  52,  War  Department,  1917,  publishhig  Cable  Cen- 
sorship Circular  No.  7,  is  rescinded.     (311.22,  A.  G.  O.) 


,2P  EXTRACTS  PROM   GENERAL   ORDERS  AND  BULLETINS. 

Pistol  ammunition. 

II.  Thirty -five  rounds  of  pistol  ammunition,  caliber  .45,  will  be  carried  on  the 
person  by  troops  armed  with  caliber  .45  pistols.     (471.42,  A.  G.  O.) 

Bulletin  No.  26,  May  11,  1918. 
Defective  ammunition. 

II.  Section  IV,  Bulletin  No.  78,  War  Department,  1917,  is  amended  by  adding 
to  the  second  sentence  of  the  first  subparagraph  the  following : 

"  and  a  statement  of  the  number  of  defects  that  occurred  during  the  firing, 
and  the  approximate  number  of  rounds  that  were  fired  at  the  time  the  defects 
were  discovered." 
(471,  A.  a  O.) 

Methods  for  obtaining  ordnance  equipment. 

III.  1.  The  following  modifications  of  Bulletin  No.  2.  War  Department,  1918, 
and  methods  for  obtaining  ordnance  equipment  under  its  provisions,  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

a.  Substitute  for  the  words  "  Issued  by  ordnance  depot  on  memorandum  re- 
ceipt," the  words  "  Issued  by  Ordnance  Department  on  memorandum  receipt " 
wherever  they  occur. 

ft.  Officers  entitled  to  ordnance  equipment  under  Bulletin  No.  2,  War  De- 
partment, 1918,  will  obtain  it  on  memorandum  receipt  from  their  company  or 
detachment  commanders,  in  case  of  company  officers,  or  from  the  unit  supply 
officers  in  case  of  field  and  staff  officers  of  organizations.  Companies  or  de- 
tachments will  obtain  such  equipment  from  unit  supply  officers  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  they  obtain  articles  for  the  equipment  for  the  enlisted  men. 

Unit  supply  officers  will  obtain  such  equipment  from  the  nearest  ordnance 
depot,  arsenal,  or  other  ordnance  establishment  in  a  similar  manner  to  that  of 
obtaining  other  equipment  for  their  organizations,  and  will  be  accountable 
for  it. 

c.  Where  necessary,  individual  officers  attached  to  but  not  serving  with  any 
organization  of  a  regiment,  separate  battalion,  field  hospital,  ambulance  com- 
pany, or  other  tactical  organization  for  which  equipment  0  is  prescribed  may 
obtain  the  equipment  in  question  on  memorandum  receipt  directly  from  the  unit 
supply  officer. 

d.  Staff  officers  serving  at  other  headquarters  will  obtain  all  such  equipment 
on  memorandum  receipt  from  an  officer  at  such  headquarters  designated  by  the 
general  in  command  to  receipt  and  account  for  such  property. 

e.  Should  an  officer  to  whom  such  equipment  has  been  issued  by  a  post, 
camp,  or  depot  ordnance  officer  fail  to  turn  it  in  prior  to  his  leaving  such  sta- 
tion, the  accountable  officer  may  certify  a  list  of  the  same  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  that  its  cost  may  be  stopped  against  the  pay  of  the  officer  con- 
cerned.    (062.1,  A.  G.  O.) 

Final  returns  of  property  by  accountable  officers  upon  their  arrival  in  Francf). 

IV.  Section  I,  General  Orders,  No.  74,  Headquarters  American  Expeditionary 
Forces,  1917,  is  published  to  the  Array  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
officers  accountable  for  public  property,  who  will  arrange  their  affairs  and  list 
their  proT)erty,  prior  to  departure  from  the  United  States,  so  as  to  be  able  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  order  immediately  upon  arival  at  their  par- 
ticular station  in  France: 

When  troops  assigned  to  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  have  reached 
their  particular  station  in  France,  all  officers  accountable  for  proi)erty  will  at 
once  prepare  accurate  final  returns  of  all  equipment,  property,  and  supplies 


EXTRACTS  FROM  BULLETINS.  21 

for  which  f  liey  aiay  be  accountable  and  for  which  returns  have  been  rendered 
in  the  past. 

The  commanding  officer  will  designate  a  disinterested  officer,  senior  to  the 
accountable  officer,  if  practicable,  to  make  a  physical  inventory  of  balance  on 
hand  on  final  return.  The  officer  making  this  count  will  certify  to  the  facts  on 
the  final  retui-n. 

Chiefs  of  each  corps  and  department,  headquarters,  American  Expeditionary 
Forces,  France,  will  prescribe  the  numbers  of  copies  to  be  made  of  the  final 
relTirn  and  the  disposition  of  each  copy.  They  will  likewise  publish  detailed 
instructions  supplementing  this  order  to  meet  the  needs  of  their  respective  corps 
oi"  departments. 

Should  invoices  and  receipts  arrive  after  these  final  returns  have  been  made 
for  property  which  was  received  in  the  United  States  and  not  receipted  for,  the 
oificer  will  accomplish  the  accompanying  receipts,  noting  thereon  the  fact  that 
he  has  taken  up  the  property  and  accounted  for  same  on  his  final  returns.  The 
Invoices  will  be  handled  in  the  same  manner  as  if  each  were  a  final  return. 

This  order  does  not  apply  to  depot  officers,  to  post  quartermasters,  or  to 
quartermasters  at  base  hospitals  or  schools,  all  of  whom  will  continue  to  ac- 
count for  property  as  required  by  existing  orders.  This  order  will  likewise  not 
apply  to  articles  kept  for  sale.    (143,  A.  G.  O.) 

Bulletin,  No.  27,  May  16,  1918. 

Permanent  change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage. 

L  Section  I,  Bulletin  No.  7,  War  Department,  1917,  is  rescinded,  and  the  fol- 
lowing is  substituted  therefor: 

:  When  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  civilian  employees  of  the  Regular  ^irmy  are 
ordered  for  duty  on  the  Mexican  border  or  from  one  station  on  the  Mexican 
border  to  another,  they  will  be  entitled  to  permanent  change  of  station  allow- 
ance of  baggage  (including  packing,  crating,  and  transportation),  as  provided 
for  in  paragraphs  1136  and  1138,  Army  Regulations.  The  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion include  the  shipment  of  the  professional  books  of  officers,  as  provided  for 
in  paragraph  1139,  Army  Regulations.     (524.21,  A.  G.  O.) 

Bulletin  No.  29,  May  28,  1018. 

-ft! 

Telocitles  and  powders  for  French  guns. 

L  The  French  guns  recently  adopted  for  use  by  the  Army  will  use  the  same 
velocities  as  listed  in  all  the  French  pamphlets  and  specified  by  the  French  for 
these  guns.  A  new  standard  of  practice  in  the  acceptance  of  powder  for  these 
guns  as  followed  by  the  French  will  be  necessary — namely,  all  powders  ac- 
cepted for  guns  purchased  from  the  French  will  be  tested  at  59°  F.  instead  of 
70°  F.,  as  is  the  present  practice.     (471.5,  A.  G.  O.) 

Quarters  and  messes  for  detachments  where  public  quarters  are  not  available. 

II.  Arrangements  will  be  made  where  practicable  to  secure  quarters  and  es- 
tablish messes  for  detachments  at  places  where  no  public  quarters  are  available. 

This  will  not  apply  to  small  detachments  statione<l  at  places  for  periods  so 
short  that  the  expense  would  be  manifestly  greater  than  the  commutation  of 
rations  and  quarters,  nor  where  the  nature  of  the  service  is  such  that  the  quar- 
tering of  the  men  in  one  place  will  interfere  with  the  efficient  performance  of 
their  duty.     (246.8,  A.  G.  O.) 

Torm  for  discharge  certificates. 

III.  1.  It  has  been  noted  that  in  many  instances  the  certificates  given  to  en- 
listed men  discharged  on  account  of  disability  have  been  made  out  on  Form 


22  EXTRACTS   FROM   GENERAL   ORDERS  AND   BULLETINS. 

No.  526,  A.  G.  O.,  when  the  conduct  of  the  men  has  warranted  disicharge  on 
Form  No.  525,  A.  G.  O.,  or  honorable  discharge.  In  some  cases  such  men  hare 
been  discharged  on  Form  No.  526,  A.  G.  O.,  with  character  very  good  and  even 
excellent. 

2.  Paragraph  150  Army  Regulations  states  in  subparagraph  1  that  the  form 
for  honorable  discharge  shall  be  used  when  the  soldier's  conduct  has  been  such 
as  to  warrant  his  reenlistment  and  his  service  has  been  honest  and  faithful 
It  should  be  noted  that  this  does  not  prevent  the  use  of  the  form  for  honorable 
discharge  even  though  the  physical  or  mental  condition  of  the  man  at  the 
time  of  discharge  would  not  warrant  his  reenlistment. 

3.  All  concerned  will,  in  making  out  discharge  certificates,  use  such  form  as 
will  not  be  unjust  to  the  man  to  be  discharged.     (220.84,  A.  G.  O.) 

TTniform  to  be  worn  by  enlisted  men  granted  furloughs  to  engage  in  civil  occu- 
pations. 
V.  The  following  instructions  relative  to  the  uniform  to  be  worn  by  enlisted 
men  granted  furloughs  under  authority  of  act  of  Congress  approved  March  16, 
1918,  are  published  to  the  Array  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  con- 
cerned : 

1.  In  cases  where  furloughs  are  granted  for  periods  of  three  months  or  less 
(as  in  furloughs  for  agricultural  purposes),  commanding  officers  will  require 
enlisted  men  to  take  with  them  one  sei-vice  and  one  fatigue  uniform,  and  will 
charge  such  enlisted  men  to  maintain  the  service  uniform  in  good  condition 
and  to  report  for  duty  from  furlough  in  the  service  uniform.  The  fatigue  uni- 
form or  civilian  clothing  will  be  worn  while  in  the  actual  performance  of 
manual  labor,  and  the  service  uniform  will  be  worn  at  all  other  times. 

2.  In  the  exceptional  cases  where  furloughs  are  granted  for  longer  periods 
than  three  months,  such  enlisted  men  may  wear  the  service  uniform  when 
taking  advantage  of  said  furlough;  but  the  uniform  of  such  enlisted  men 
will  be  treated  as  is  the  uniform  of  honorably  discharged  enlisted  men  under  the 
requirements  of  paragraph  1165,  Army  Regulations  (changed  by  C.  A.  R.  65). 
Such  enlisted  men  are  authorized  but  not  required  to  wear  the  service  uniform 
while  on  such  furlough,  provided  that  the  uniform  be  furnished  and  maintained 
without  expense  to  the  United  States. 

3.  Under  no  circumstances  will  the  service  uniform  be  worn  while  perform- 
ing manual  labor  by  any  enlisted  man  while  on  furlough.     (422.1,  A.  G.  O.) 


Section  III. 

CONTENTS  OF   GENERAL  ORDERS  AND  BULLETINS   THAT  ARE  NOT 
REPRINTED  IN  SECTIONS  I  AND  IL 

MAY,  1918. 

Genekal  Ordebs,  No.  43,  May  1,  1918. 

Sec.  I.  Enlisted  men  of  the  Engineer  Service,  National  Army,  engaged  in 
military  survey  and  mapping  work  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Engi- 
neers, exempted  from  the  control  of  department  and  division  conmianders. 

Sec.  IV.  General  Orders,  No.  16,  War  Department,  1918,  as  amended  by  sec- 
tion VII,  General  Orders,  No.  24,  War  Department,  1918,  relating  to  control  of 
quartermaster  supplies,  further  amended. 

Sec.  V.  Assignment  of  Maj.  Gen.  Willard  A.  Holbrook,  National  Army,  to 
command  of  Southern  Department,  relieving  Brig.  Gen.  John  W.  Ruckman,  who 
is  assigned  to  command  of  the  Northeastern  Department,  relieving  Brig.  Gen. 
John  A.  Johnston,  National  Army,  who  is  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  68th 
Infantry  Brigade,  34th  l5ivision. 

General  Orders,  No.  44,  May  7,  1918. 

Sec.  I.  Assignment  of  Brig.  Gen.  Clarence  C.  Williams.  National  Army,  as 
Acting  Chief  of  Ordnance. 
Sec.  II.  Functions  to  be  performed  by  the  Assistant  Secretaries  of  War. 

General  Orders,  No.  40,  May  9,  1918. 

Sec.  VI.  Assignment  of  Brig.  Gen.  Robert  E.  Wood, .  National  Army,  as  Act- 
ing Quartermaster  General. 

General  Orders,  No.  47,  May  11,  1918. 

Sec.  III.  Maj.  Gen.  William  L.  Slbert,  United  States  Army,  relieved  from 
command  of  the  Southeastern  Department,  and  detailed  as  Director  of  Gas 
Service  of  the  United  States  Army. 

General  Orders,  No.  50,  May  20,  1918. 

Sec.  I.  Defining  the  duties  of  the  Army  Operations  Division  and  the  Divi- 
sion of  Purchases,  Storage,  and  Traffic. 

Sec.  IV.  Section  II,  General  Orders,  No.  68,  War  Department,  1917,  super- 
seded ;  regulations  governing  enlistment  in  the  service  of  any  country  engaged 
in  war  with  a  country  with  which  the  United  States  is  at  wac   .  ,   ^.,^     - 

General  Orders,  No.  51,  May  24,  1918. 

Sec.  I.  Executive  order  redistributing  the  powers,  duties,  and  functions  of  the 
Chief  Signal  Officer. 

Sec.  II.  Executive  order  redistributing  and  transferring  the  duties  and 
powers  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer,  as  a  member  of  the  Aircraft  Board,  to  the 
Director  of  Military  Aeronautics. 

Sec.  III.  Directions  concerning  the  detail  and  duties  of  a  chief  of  the  Air 
Service. 

23 


24  BXTEACTS  FROM   GENEEAL  OBDEBS  AND  BULLETINS. 

Genkbai.  Orders,  No.  52,  May  25,  1918. 

.See.  III.  Drafting  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  all  enlisted  men  of 
the  State  staff  corps  and  departments  of  the  National  Guard  not  hitherto 
covered  by  draft. 

Sec.  IV.  The  water  transport  branch  of  the  Quartermaster  General's  office 
placed  under  the  control  of  the  Embarkation  Division  of  the  Office  of  Purchase, 
Storage,  and  Traffic. 

General  Oedees,  No.  53,  Mat  27,  1918. 

Sec.  I.  Detail  of  Gen.  Peyton  C.  March  as  Chief  of  Staff,  reliering  Gen. 
Tasker  H.  BlLss. 

Sec.  II.  First  paragraph  of  sectioii  IV,  General  Orders,  No.  23,  War  Depart- 
ment, 1918,  superseded ;  the  Fuel  and  Forage  Division,  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral's office,  charged  with  additional  duties. 

Sec.  III.  Classes  of  men  that  may  be  inducted  into  military  service  for  duty 
with  the  General  Staff  and  bureaus  in  Washington. 


Bulletin  No  24,  May  2,  1918. 

Sec.  II.  Act  of  Congress,  approved  April  19,  1918,  to  prevent  Interference 
with  the  use  of  homing  pigeons  by  the  United  States. 

Sec.  V.  Act  of  Congress,  approved  April  17,  1918,  suspending  for  the  period 
of  the  present  virar  sections  45,  46,  and  56  of  the  national  defense  act. 

Bulletin  No.  25,  May  3,  1918. 

Sec.  III.  Issue  of  matzoth.  or  unleavened  bread,  to  enlisted  men  of  .Jewish 
faith  during  the  Passover  period. 

Sec.  IV.  Letter  of  the  Third  Assistant  Postmaster  General  calling  attention 
to  the  postal  laws  and  regulations  governing  the  furnishing  of  penalty  envelopes 
by  officers  of  the  Government. 

Bulletin  No.  26,  May  11,  1918. 

^ec.  I.  Camp  Raritan,  Metuchen,  N.  J.,  designated  as  an  ordnance  training 
camp. 

Bulletin  No.  27,  May  16,  1918. 

Sec.  II.  Regulations  governing  the  use  and  navigation  of  the  waters  of  or 
adjacent  to  the  Aberdeen  Proving  Ground,  Md. 

Bulletin  No.  28,  May  18,  1918. 

.Sec.  I.  Act  of  Congress  authorizing  the  President,  during  the  existing 
emergency,  to  sell  supplies,  materials,  equipment,  or  other  property,  heretofore 
or  hereafter  purchased,  acquired,  or  manufactured  by  the  United  States,  li\ 
connection  with,  or  incidental  to,  the  prosecution  of  the  war. 

Sec.  II.  Act  of  Congress  to  amend  naturalization  laws  and  to  repeal  certain 
sections  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States  and  other  laws  relating 
to  naturalization. 

Bulletin  No.  29,  May  28,  1918. 

Sec,  IV.  Distinctive  marks  and  insignia  prescribed  for  the  military  organiza- 
tion of  a  State  known  as  Home  Guard. 


Section  IV. 


List  of  numhers  of  paragraphs  of  Army  Reffulation*  (Md  other  regtilations  and 
manuals  of  the  War  Department  that  have  been  changed  since  Jan.  1,  1918. 

[For  list  of  numbers  of  paragraphs  changed  prior  to  Jan.  1,  1918,  see  sec  IV,  Extracts 
from  General  Orders  and  Bulletins,  War  Department,  1917.] 

FAB  asterisk  (♦)  before  the  paragraph  number  indicates  that  the  change  was  made  during 

the  month  of  May,  1918.] 

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INDEX  TO  SECTIONS  I,  II,  AND  III. 


A. 

Page. 
Aberdeen  Proving  Ground,  Md.,  regulations  governing  use  of  waters  of   (sec.  II, 

Bui.  27) 24 

Acting  Chief  of  Ordnance,  Brig.  Gen.  Clarence  C.  Williams,  assigned  as    (sec.  I, 

G.  O.   44) 23 

Acting  Quartermaster  General,  Brig.  Gen.  Robert  B.  Wood,  assigned  as   (sec  VI, 

G.   O.   46) 23 

Acts  of  Congress  : 

Amending  naturalization  laws  (sec.  II,  Bui    28) 24 

Authorizing  the  President  to  sell  supplies,  etc.,  manufactured  by  the  United 

States    (sec.   I,   Bui.   28) 24 

Filling  certain  vacancies  in  grades  of  the  Regular  Army  (sec.  Ill,  Bui,  24) 18 

Preventing  interference  with  use  of  homing  pigeons  (sec.  II,  Bui.  24) 24 

,     Reimbursing  enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty   (sec.  I,  Bui.  24) 18 

Suspending  certain  sections  of  the  national  defense  act  (sec.  V,  Bui.  24) 24 

To  punish  injury  or  destruction  of  war  material  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  24) 18 

Aircraft,  civilian,  regulations  for  flying  (G.  O.  49) 13 

American  Red  Cross,  wearing  of  the  regulation  uniform  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Ammunition  : 

Defective  (sec.  II,  Bui.  26) 20 

Pistol,  carried  by  troops  (sec.  II,  Bui.  25) 20 

Appointments,  noncommissioned  oflBcers,  Quartermaster  Corps  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  48)_  12 
Appointments  in  the  several  grades  of  enlisted  men.  Quartermaster  Corps  (sec.  V, 

G.   O.   48) 12 

Arms  for  assistants  of  the  automatic  riflemen   (sec.  II,  G.  O.  43) 5 

Army  Operations  Division,  duties   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  50) 23 

Army  Regulations,  paragraph  1512 j,  certain  portion  suspended  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  50) _  14 

Assistant  Secretaries  of  War,  functions  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  44) 23 

Assistants  of  the  automatic  riflemen,  arms  and  cartridge  belts  for  (sec.  II,  G.  O. 

43) 6 

Automatic  riflemen,  assistants  of,  arms  and  cartridge  belts  for  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  43) _  5 

B. 

Baggage,  shipment  of  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Baggage  transportation,  permanent  change  of  station   (sec.  I,  Bui.  27) 21 

Blank  forms  for  discharge  certificates,  use  of  (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  29) 21 

Books,  professional,  of  oflScers,  shipment  of  (sec.  I,  Bui.  27;  sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) 21, 10 

Bulletins,  War  Departments  : 

1917,  No.  7,  sec.  I   superseded  (sec.  I,  Bui.  27) 21 

1917.  No.  52,  sec  II.  rescinded  (sec.  I,  Bui.  25) 19 

1917,  No.  73,  sec.  IV   amended  (sec.  II,  Bui.  26) 20 

1918,  No.  2,  modified  (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  26) 20 

C. 

Cable  Censorshi )  Circular   (sec.  I,  Bui.  25) 19 

Camp  Rarltan,  N.  J.,  designated  as  an  ordnance  training  camp  (sec.  I,  Bui.  26) 24 

Cartridge  belts  for  assistants  of  the  automatic  rifiemen  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  43) 5 

Censorship,  cable  (sec.  I.  Bui.  25) 19 

Certificates,  discharge,  use  of  blank  forms   (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  29) 21 

Change  of  station,  permanent,  allowance  of  bagTage   (sec.  I,  Bui.  27) 21 

Chevrons,  war-service  and  wound   (sec.  IV,  Q.  O.  53) 16 

Chief  of  Staff: 

Bliss,  Tasker  H.,  general,  relieved  a?  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  53) 24 

March,  Peyton  C,  general,  detailed  as  (sec.  I,  6.  O.  53) 24 

Chief  of  the  Air  Service,  detail  and  duties  of  (sec.  III.  G.  O.  51) 23 

Chief  Signal  Ofllcer,  redistribution  of  povrers   duties,  and  functions  (sees.  I  and  II, 

G.  O.  51) 1  23 

Civilian  aircraft,  regulations  for  flying  (G.  O.  49) • 13 

Civilian    employees  : 

Baggage  transportation   (sec,  I,  Bui.  27;  sec.  IV,  6.  O.  47) 21.10 

Removal  of  personal  property  stored  at  posts,  etc.   (sec.  IV.  G.  O.  47) 10 

Clothing  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  foreign  armies   (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  43) 5 

Coast   Artillery   Corps,   examinations   in,   for   extra  pay  as  gunners,   discontinued 

(sec.  I,  G.  O.  48) 11 

Contracts,  procedure  to  he  followed  In  case  of  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Corps  of  Instructors,  Signal  Corps,  duties  of  officers  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  46) 8 

29 


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INDEX. 


D. 

Pase- 

Defective  ammunition   (sec.  II,  Bui.  2G) 20 

Department  commanders,   exemptions  from  control  of    (sec.  I,   G.   O.   43 ;   sec.  I, 

G.   O.  47) . 23,  • 

Destruction  or  injury  of  wai  material,  punishment  for  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  24) 18 

Detachments,  quarters  and  messes  for   (sec.  II,  Bui.  29) 21 

Development  battalions: 

Organisation,  functions,  etc.   (sec.  I,  Q.  O.  45) 5 

Transfer  of  enlisted  mou  to  (sees.  I  and  II,  G.  O.  45) 5-7 

Director  of  Gas  Service,  United  States  Army,  Maj.  Gen.  William  L,  Sibert,  detailed 

as   (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  47) 23 

Director  of  Military  Aeronautics,  certain  powers,  duties,  etc.,  of  Chief  Signal  Offi- 
cer transferred  to  (sees.  I  and  II.  G.  O.  51) 23 

Discharge  certificates,  use  of  blank  forms   (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  29) 21 

Discontinuance  of  qualification  in  marksmanship  and  extra  pay  therefor   (sec.  I, 

G.  O.  48) U 

Division  commanders,  exemptions  from  control  of   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  43) 23 

Division  of  Purchases.  Storage,  and  Trafllc,  duties  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  50) 23 

Division  trains,  supervision  and  control   (sec  VI,  Q.  O.  48) 13 

Drafting  into  United  States  service  enlisted  men  of  State  staff  corps  and  depart- 
ments (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  52) 24 

Duties  of  officers  of  the  Corps  of  Instructors,  Signal  Corps  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  -IB) 8 


English  language,  transfer  to  Development  Battalions  of  soldiers  without  sufficient 

knowledge  of  (sec.  II,  G.  0.  45) 7 

Enlisted  men  : 

Baggage  transportation  (sec.  I,  Bui.  27;  sec.  IV,  G,  O.  47) 21,10 

Engineer   service,   National   Army,   exempt   from   control    of  department  and 

division  commanders   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  43) 23 

Issue  of  malzoth  to,  of  Jewish  faith  (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  25) , 24 

Reimbursement  for  actual  traveling  expenses  (sec.  I,  Bui.  24) 18 

Removal  of  personal  property  stored  at  posts,  etc.  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) 10 

State  staff  corps  and  departments.  National  Guard,  drafting  into  U.  S.  serv- 
ice  (sec.  ill,  G.  O.  52) _  24 

Transfer  of  (sec.  I,  G.  O,  52) 15 

Transfers  to  Development  Battalions  (sees.  I  and  II,  G.  O.  45) 5-7 

Wearing  of  uniform  while  on  furlough   (sec.  V,  Bui.  29) 22 

Enlistments  in  service  of  countries  in  which  the  United  States  is  at  war,  regula- 
tions (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  50) 23 

Equipments,  ordnance,  methods  for  obtaining  (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  26) 20 

Examinations  for  extra  pay  as  gunners,  discontinued   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  48) 11 

Executive  order  redistributing  the  powers,  duties,  etc.,  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer 

(sees.  I  and  II,  G.  O.  51) 23 

Exemptions  from  control  of  department  and  division  commanders    (sec.  I,  G.  O. 

43;  sec.  I,  G.  O.  47) 23,9 

Extra  pay,  marksmanship,  discontinued  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  48) 11 

F. 

Field  Artillery,  examinations  in,  for  extra  pay  as  gunners,  discontinued    (sec.  I, 

G.  O.   48) 11 

Filling  of  certain  vacancies  in  grades  of  the  Regular  Army   (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  24) 18 

Foreign  armies,  sale  of  clothing  to  officers  of  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  43) 5 

French  Army,  enlisted  men  of,  -on  duty  with  United  States  forces,  issue  of  clothinsr 

(sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  43) ^5 

French  guns,  velocities  and  powders  for  (sec.  I.  Bui.  29) ^1 

Fuel  and  Forage  Division,  Quartermaster  General's  office,  additional  duties   (sec. 

II,  G.  O.  53) 24 

G. 
General  Orders,  War  Department : 

1917,  No.  68,  sec.  II,  superseded   (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  50> 2.3 

1917,  No.  86,  rescinded  (sec.  IV,  G.  O    47) 10 

1917,  No.  113.  sec.  IV,  amended  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  48) 12 

1917,  No.  113,  par.  1,  sec.  IV,  amended  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  48) 12 

1917,  No.  149,  par.  1.  sec.  IV,  superseded  (sec.  VI,  G.  O.  48) 13 

1917,  No.  169.  sec.  Il,  rescinded  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  46) ^» 

1918,  No.  2,  par.  6.  sec.  VII,  amended  (sec.  IV- G.  O.  48) _  ___  12 

1918,  No.  6,  par.  1  (c  and  d),  and  pars.  7  and  8,  amended  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  53)  _  16 

1918,  No.  16,  amended    (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  43) 23 

1918,  No.  17,  par.  7,  sec.  V,  amended  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  48)    12 

1918,  No.  23,  par.  1,  sec.  IV,  superseded  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  53) ^* 

1918,  No.  23,  par.  1,  sec.  VI,  amended   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  47) » 

1918,  No.  24,  sec.  VII,  amended  (sec.  IV.  G.  O.  43) _>__—-  23 

General  Staff  and  bvireaus  in  Washington,  classes  of  men  for  military  service  with 

Gunners,  quaUficatlon  as,"  amf  extra  pay  discontinued  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  48) JJ 

Guns,  French,  velocities  and  powders  for  (sec.  I,  Bui.  29) ^^ 

H. 

Home  Guard,  distinctive  marks  and  insignia  prescribed  for  (sec.  IV    Bui.  29)—  24 

Homing  pigeons,  preventing  interference  with  use  of  (sec.  II,  Bui.  24) -6* 


INDEX.                                     ^.  31 

I.  '■'■  ■  '    ■■'^■■• 

Page. 

Inefficient  officers   (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  46) 8 

Injury  or  destruction  of  war  material,  punishment  for  (.'seo.  IV,  Bui.  24) 18 

Insignia  prescribed  for  Home  Guard   (sec,  IV,  Bui.  29) 24 

Issue  of  clothing  to  enlisted  men  of  the  French  Array  on  duty  with  United  States 

forces  (sec.  III.  G.  O.  43) 5 

Issue  of  matzoth  or  unleavened  bread   (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  25) 24 

J. 

Jewish  Welfare  Board,  commanding  officers  to  cooperate  with   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  46) —  7 

L. 

Law  against  willful  injury  or  destruction  of  war  material,  etc.   (sec.  IV,  Bui.  24) _  18 

M. 

Marching  and  field  shoes  for  troops  ordered  overseas   (sec.  II,  G.  O.  4S) 12 

Marksmanship,  qualification  in,  and  extra  pay  discontinued  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  48) H 

Messes  for  detachments  (sec.  II,  Bui.  29) 21 

Methods,    routings,   and   preferential   shipments   of   troops   and   supplies    (sec.    V, 

G.  O.  52) •- 15 

Mexican  border,  change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage  (sec.  I,  Bui.  27) 21 

Militarv  service  for  duty  with  the  General  Staff  and  bureaus,  classes  of  men  for 

(sec' III,  G.  O.  53) 24 

Movements  of  troops,  reporting  sickness  during  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  46) 8 

N. 

National  defense  act,  certain  sections  suspended   (sec.  V,  Bui.  24) 24 

Naturalization  laws,  amending  of  (sec.  II.  Bui.  28) 24 

Noncommissioned  officers : 

Ordnance,  reductioa  of  (sec.  11,  G.  O.  50) 14 

Quartermaster    Corps,      ppointment,    promotion,    and    reduction    of    (sec.    IV, 

G.  O.   48) 12 

O. 

Officers  : 

Accountable  for  property,  on  arrival  In  France,  duties  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  20) 20 

Assignment  to  duty  or  command — 

Holbrook.  Willard  A.,  major  general   (sec.  V,  G.  O.  43) 23. 

.Tohn;.ton.  .lohn   \.,  brigadier  general    (sec.   V,  G.  O.  43) 23 

Ruckman,  John  W.,  brigadier  generJil  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  43) 23 

Williams,  Clarence  C,  brigadier  general   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  44) 23 

Wood,  Robert  E.,  brigadier  general   (sec.  VI,  G.  O.  46) 28 

Baggage  transportation   (sec.  I,  Bui.  27;  see.   IV,  G.  O.  47)-, 21,10 

Detail  of  Gen.  Peyton  C.  Marsh  as  Chief  of  Staff  (stc.  I,  G.  O.  53) 24 

Gen.  Tasker  H.  Bliss  relieved  as  Chief  of  Staff  (sec.  J,  G.  O.  53) 24 

Physical  examination,  for  oversea  service  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  50) 1* 

Qualification  cards  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  46) 0 

Relieved  from  duty  or  command — 

Bliss,  Tasker  H.,  general   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  53) 24 

.lohnston,  John  A.,  brigadier  general   (sec.  V,  G.  O.  43) 2S 

Ruckman,  John  W..  brigadier  general   (sec.   V,  O.  O.  -^3) 23 

Sibert,  William  L.,  major  general   (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  47) 23 

Removal  of  personal  property  stored  at  posts,  etc.   (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Transfer  of   (sec.  I,   G.  O.  52) 15 

Unfit  and  inefficient  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  46) 8 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  foreign  armies,  clothing  for  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  43) 5 

Ordnance   Department,   reduction   of  noncommissioned  officers   and    privates,   first 

class   (sec.  II,  G.  O.  50) ^ 1.4 

Ordnance  equipment,  methods  for  obtaining  (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  26) 20 

Ordnance  training  camp,  Camp  Raritan  designated  as  (sec.  I,  Bui.  26) 24 

Organization,  functions,  etc.,  of  Development  Battalions   (sec.  1,  G.  O.  45) 5 

Oversea  duty  : 

Marching  and  tield  shoes  for  troops  ordered  on    (sec.  II,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Physical  examiuaTion  of  officers  for    (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.   ">0) 14 

Shipment  of  baggage   (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) lO 

P. 

Penalty  envelopes,  postal  laws  and  regulations  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  25) 24 

Permanent  change  of  station,  allowance  of  baggage  (sec.  I,  Bui.  27) 21 

Personal  property  stored  at  posts  or  depots,  removal  of  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) lO 

Physical  disability,  rulings  relative  to  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  47) J) 

Physical  examination  of  officers  before  proceeding  overseas  (sec.  Ill,  G,  O.  50) 14 

Pistol  ammunition,  carried  by  troops  (sec.  II,  Bui.  25) 20 

Postal  laws  and  regulations,  penalty  envelopes  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  2.") 24 

Powders  for  French  guns  (sec.  I,  Bui.  29) 21 

Privates,  first  class.  Ordnance,  reduction  of  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  50) 14 

Procedure  to  be  followed  in  case  of  certain  contracts  (sec.  V.  G    O.  47) 10 

Proclamation,  President  of  the  United  States,  regulating  flying  of  civilian  aircraft 

(G.   O.  49) 13 

Promotions,  noncommissioned  officers,  Quartermaster  Corps  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Property  accountability,  duties  of  officers  on  arrival  in  France  (?ec.  IV,  Bui.  26) _  20 
Property,  supplies,  etc.,  acquired   or  manufactured  by  the  United   States,  sale   of 

fsec.  I.  Bui.  28) 24 


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Q.     , 

Pa  fir*. 

Qualification  cards,  officers'    (sec.  V.  G.  O.  46) 9 

Qualification  record  cards   (sec.  V,  G.  O.  46) 9 

Quartermaster  Corps  : 

Appointments  in  the  several  grades  of  enlisted  men  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Noncommissioned  officers,  appointment,  etc.    (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Quartermaster  mechanical  repair  shop  units  exempted  from  control  of  department 

commanders  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  47) 0 

Quarters  for  detachments  (sec.  II.  Bui.  29) 21 

R. 

Red  Cross,  wearing  of  the  regulation  uniform  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Redistribution   of  powers,   duties,   and   functions   of  Chief   Signal  Officer    (sees.   I 

and    II.   G.   O.   51) 23 

Reductions  : 

Noncommissioned  officers,  Ordnance  (sec.  II.  G   O.  50) 14 

Noncommissioned  officers.  Quartermaster  Corps   (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Privates,  first  class.  Ordnance  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  50) 14 

Regulations  for  the  flying  of  civilian  aircraft   (G.  O.  49) 18 

Reimbursement   of   actual   expenses   or    flat   per   diem    for   enlisted    men    (sec.    I, 

Bui.    24 ) 18 

Removal  of  personal  property  stored  at  posts  or  depots  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Reporting  sickness  during  movements  of  troops  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  46) 8 

Returns  of  property  by  accountable  officers  on  arrival  in  France  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  26) _  20 

Routings  and  preferential  shipments  of  troops  and  supplies  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  52) 15 

Rulings  relative  to  physical  disability  (sec.  II.  G.  O.  47) 9 

S. 

Sales  of  clothing  to  officers  of  foreign  armies   (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  43) 6 

Schools  of  military  aeronautics,  instruction  of  cadets  in  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  4G) 8 

Secretary  of  the  Interior,  contracts   (sec.  V,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Secretary  of  the  Navy,  contracts  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Secretary  of  Wir,  contracts   (sec.  V,  G.  O.  47) 10 

Shipment  of  baggage  of  officers,  enlisted  men,   and   civilian   employees    (sec.   IV, 

G.  O.  47) 10 

Shipment  of  troops  and  supplies  for  the  Army   (sec.  V,  G.  O.  52) 15 

Shoes,  marching  and  field,  for  troops  ordered  overseas  (sec.  II.  G.  O.  48) 12 

Sickness  during  movements  of  troops,  reporting  of  (sec.  II,  G.  O.  46) 8 

Signal  Coi-ps,  (jorps  of  Instructors,  duties  of  officers  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  46) 8 

Specialists  Inducted  into  service   (sec.  II.  G.  O.  52) 15 

Supervisi.a  an:  control  of  division  trains  (sec.  VI,  G.  O.  48) 13 

Supplies  for  the  Army,  shipment  of  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  52) 15 

T. 

Trains,  divusion,  supervision  and  control    (sec.  VT.  G.  O.  48) 13 

Transfer  of  enMsted  men  to  development  battalions  (sees.  I  and  II,  G.  O.  45) 5-7 

Transfers  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  (sec.  I,  G.  O.  52) 15 

Travel  on  duty,  enlisted  men,  reimbursement  (sec.  I,  Bui.  24) 18 

Troops,  shipment  of  (sec.  V,  G.  O.  52) 1 — 15 

U. 

Uniform  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  wearing  of  (sec.  Ill,  G.  O.  48) 12 

Unfit  and  inercient  officers   (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  46) 8 

Uniform,  wearing  of,  by  enlisted  men  on  furlough    (sec.  V.  Bui.  29) 22 

Units  exempted  from  control  of  department  commanders   (sec.  I,  G.  O.  47) 9 

Unleavened  bread,  Issue   (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  25) 24 

V. 

Vacancies,  filling  of  certain,  In  grades  of  the  Regular  Army  (sec.  Ill,  Bui.  24) 18 

Velocities  and  powders  for  French  guns  (see.  I,  Bui.  29) 21 

W. 

War  material,  law  to  punish  injury  or  destr  ictlon  of  (sec.  IV,  Bui.  24) 18 

War-service  chevrons  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  58) 16 

Water   Transp^^t    Branch,    Quartermaster    General's    Office,    control    of    (sec.    IV, 

G.  O.  52) 24 

Wound  chevrons  (sec.  IV,  G.  O.  53) 16 


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